http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/ An rss story feed from TheInteriorJournal.com en-us AMNews, Inc. webmaster@theinteriorjournal.com webmaster@theinteriorjournal.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:38:19 GMT Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:38:19 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Newspapers TheInteriorJournal.com 60 Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.345063.sto A felony case against a Lincoln County constable was dismissed Monday after the alleged victim declined to prosecute. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:24:57 GMT Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.345111.sto "It's not often that a city council meeting ends in applause," said Stanford Mayor Bill Miracle after last week's first reading of the city's revised budget, and Tuesday night's second reading was a repeat performance with leaders of the city's largest businesses applauding when the council narrowly voted to accept a budget with no increase in the occupational tax. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:25:34 GMT Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.344361.sto The Lincoln County Fiscal Court voted unanimously against increasing property taxes in the next fiscal year beyond the standard compensatory rate. The court's options were to accept the compensatory rate of 8.9 percent, add an additional 4 percent to the existing rate or set another rate, subject to voter recall, but the last two choices would have required publishing public announcements and scheduling public hearings all before the Aug. 31 deadline to have the tax rate established. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:23:03 GMT Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.345255.sto Lincoln Fire Chief Danny Glass became suspicious within moments of arriving at the scene of a fire on Raintree Circle last Wednesday and requested support from the Kentucky State Police. The fire, at 245 Raintree Circle, quickly consumed the home of Alan Cox despite the efforts of Lincoln County firefighters who were supported by Boyle County and Junction City units. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:28:09 GMT Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.344996.sto Saturday evening a Lincoln County woman lost her life and two other county residents were seriously injured in collision near the intersection of KY 501 and Old South Fork Road in Kings Mountain. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:24:14 GMT Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.346155.sto The Lincoln County Fiscal Court voted unanimously against increasing property taxes in the next fiscal year beyond the standard compensatory rate. The court's options were to accept the compensatory rate of 8.9 percent, add an additional 4 percent to the existing rate or set another rate, subject to voter recall, but the last two choices would have required publishing public announcements and scheduling public hearings all before the Aug. 31 deadline to have the tax rate established. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:44:30 GMT Local news http://www.theinteriorjournal.com/stories/2010/07/28/loc.345156.sto Sean P. Carey, 36, of Danville, was indicted by a Lincoln County grand jury last Friday on 18 counts ranging from attempted murder to criminal mischief stemming from a chaotic car chase last May that involved Lincoln County deputies, the Stanford City Police Officers and the Kentucky State Police. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:26:19 GMT